Does it not worry you in the slightest that we are relying on 2 38 year olds who are surely now in going into their last season at the club without any clue of who may be replacing them?

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I think the plan as we all know is to replace Scholes with clev/ando. We just need to see how well clev can actually player over a season. Giggs is more just a part of the squad than anything. It's not like we rely on him in any particular place, he's just a very good squad player who happens to be 38. He doesn't need replacing as we're well stocked out wide. As for scholes like I said I guess we're waiting on how clev and ando do. I hope though this doesn't stop Fergie going in for another centre mid, to not do so would be stupid.

Can people stop living in the past and with rose tinted glasses on, we need midfield investment and have for years, all this sentimentality is embarrassing.

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One of our best players of last season and one of our greatest of all time signs a new contract one day after the seasons finishes and the first thing you do is moan? This doesn't mean we won't sign anyone ffs, get a grip.

How many of the plonkers in here actually heard what SAF said. He's hinted next year is Scholes' and perhaps Giggs' final season and emphasised the importance of Scholes having 25-30 quality games that year, clearly this doesn't mean we won't invest in a midfielder.

One of our best players of last season and one of our greatest of all time signs a new contract one day after the seasons finishes and the first thing you do is moan? This doesn't mean we won't sign anyone ffs, get a grip.

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Didn't you spend all last summer in the Sniejder thread? And I'll wager it does indeed mean we wont buy in midfield with the same excuses trotted out.

Didn't you spend all last summer in the Sniejder thread? And I'll wager it does indeed mean we wont buy in midfield with the same excuses trotted out.

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No, that's wr8_utd.

So if QPR didn't collapse in the final 5 minutes do we still need a midfielder? Fine margains. Not saying we don't need to strengthen, but jumping to such a negative conclusion after hearing great news about a fantastic player is odd.

Tbh though, as much as we need to move on at some point, if Fergie did get another midfield enforcer in then it wouldn't be a problem if scholes/giggs kept carrying on. Our problem atm is because we've left ourselves with 2 old players who need protecting and can't always play, 2 injury prone players who have everything to prove, 1 quality player with a serious illness and 1 reliable player, is that instead of being able to chose to play scholes in games where he can be the difference, such as the smaller teams who try to sit back, and where he's shown he's still the king, we have to play him/giggs, in important games where their lack of physical capabilities holds us back. If we had a better balance there and these guys could maintain their level for the near future, there's no reason they couldn't stay on.

So if QPR didn't collapse in the final 5 minutes do we still need a midfielder? Fine margains. Not saying we don't need to strengthen, but jumping to such a negative conclusion after hearing great news about a fantastic player is odd.

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Yes because we've needed one for a long time now, Carrick is the only week in week out reliable CM we have, it's time to move on from the crutch of Scholes and Giggs in my opinion. City will only be stronger and more confident next season.

I guess I can see where you are coming from, but I'm certain there will be other opportunities, so the games he struggled in he shouldn't be needed, the games he plays can be picked and chosen a bit better, plus hopefully we won't have as bad a time of it with injuries

I'd be really happy if we actually sorted out the midfield and used Scholes as a luxury player when the main midfielders need rest.

But, once again, it will be Scholes as the main man, with Anderson and Cleverley dicking around in the medical room, Fletcher watching on morosely from the stands because of his illness.

I still think Fergie's made his mind up: he's not going to sign a midfielder ever again. He might retire with Scholes and Giggs, leaving the rebuilding job to the next man. It'll be interesting to see if he can squeeze out one more respectable season from them...

Does it not worry you in the slightest that we are relying on 2 38 year olds who are surely now in going into their last season at the club without any clue of who may be replacing them?

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That tells you something about how hard it is to replace that sort of quality in centre mid. For all the talk of value and such, there is a truth to it. The price tags are huge, we've seen plenty of big buys go poop, and there aren't many top notch centre mids around. Fabregas, Xavi, Sneijder, Hamsik, we've done really well to value British centre mids instead because they've proven themselves in the UK, and they've got a reason to fancy Man Utd. It's not an easy market for us in some ways, that is clear, but at any rate I refuse to say that there could be anything like a tinge to the fact that I will be seeing Scholes for yet another season... I am savouring every minute of these two legends. Raúl got kicked out and still looks quality, Del Piero's situation is uncertain, Maldini's called it quits, and figures like Nevilles, Giggses and Scholeses are rare and wonderful as feck.